IMHO the size of the car and size of the engine have little to do with making a good Motorway Cruiser. All modern cars can keep up a 70 mph cruise without breaking a sweat, our K12 Micra with a 1200cc engine with 80 PS was fine even though it was running at 3400 rpm at that speed, economy was fine as well. But the one feature that made us not use the Micra on long motorway trips was its lack of Cruise Control.
Over a 6 hour drive Cruise Control takes a good deal of stress away, far more than having a larger car of large engine. Our 1 litre TSi Fabia is fine over long distances simply because it is fitted with cruise.
Would never buy another car without it.
I don't know - my sister often has done a lot of motorway miles as part of her job, and says that cruise control is a aste of time, because the regular changes in speed due to traffic build-up means you have to keep resetting it often.
Not so much of a problem if avoid the rush hours - problem with that is that these periods have got far bigger over the last 25 years.
I would say that a comfortable driving position is a must for a motorway cruiser - whatever works for the OP, when a (left foot rest) plus as much adjustment as they need for the driver's seat and steering wheel, and the latter and pedals not offset, as some still are.
A decent length test drive on a varuiety of representative roads/speeds would be in order. Too many people just do (or sometimes are allowed to by the selling dealer) a run around the locale of the dealership/seller, which is rarely enough, especially if they don't take their time to get the seat and steering wheel properly adjusted before they set off.
They won't notice problems either if the test drive isn't that long or representative for tehir driving pattern.
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